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Notre Dame Inquisition: Obama Commencement Flap and a Fading Catholic Church

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soundtracks of AL 6:39AM July 17, 2009

Sorry for being so off topic in my last blog. Obama being allowed to address the graduating class of 09 at notre dame has incited literally millions of Catholics to revulsion. No not because he's a democratic or even a neo-socialist the issue is his track record on abortion advocacy of which he is the leading pro abortion entity in the USA & happens to occupy the White House, thats the wound inflicted by notre dames flagrant disregard for the belief system of the Catholic church and 1.5 billions Catholic-Christians worldwide. It is very very possible that schools like notre dame, boston college and georgetown will be stripped of their Catholic identity by the will of the above mentioned 1.5 billion Roman Catholics and the firing of their anti-Catholic, Catholic rector & President Rev, Jenkins will occur. Alumni are withdrawning donations to that school by the millions many returning their hard earned diplomas. As forementioned besides are rabidly hostile anti-catholic press in the USA & the other arm of overt & covert Catholic hating propaganda occurring in the United States is to be found on the campuses of universities throughout the US religious & secular schools alike and a older reactionary anti religious faculty and tenured members of the older 60's generation. The X & millinium generation are not buying the secular modernity of the older generation.Militant secularism isold school, passe, and as it die's out become more & more verbally hostile 7 reactionary

John of CA 10:32AM May 18, 2009

Actual the tide has turned since the joke called the council Vatican 2 liberalized and caved in to modernity.It started with john paul 2 & excellerated under Pope Benedict 16th. The reference is to Catholics in europe & north america fallening away from Catholic-Christianity.the new generation born since the 1980's are it seems extremely Orthodox in their religious beliefs & practices and are returning in droves to a form of Catholicism virtually outlawed since 1965 and that is the Latin Mass (Tridentine). Latin masses since liberating it under Benedict 16th are experiencing churchs literally packed to the rafters predominately with youth 18-35.As the old hippy generation dyes out young Orthodox priests seem to be showing more & more preference for the 1600 yr old liturgy as do the majority of the X younger generation. Europe since 2002 is experience a substantial return to Catholicism particularly in France, Belgiun Holland Italy and the trend is beginning in the UK & Ireland as the latin mass spreads more people (particular) the young are returning & attending throughout Europe . Traditional Catholic religious order are filled to overflow also and their vocational problems are finding enough room to accomodate new vocations. In the USA alone 175.000 have converted to the Catholic faith in 2005 alone as the church there stabilies with more Orthodox priests & Bishops. Sadly the US still has a strong undercurrent of anti Catholic bigotry and hate, mostly manifest in the media, but this bigotry & religious hate has existed in the USA since that country was founded. In Canada religion is still flatline.

John of CA 9:46AM May 18, 2009

I have but one question? Are all you college students objecting to President Obamas appearance virgins? Have you all abstained from premarital sex, not taken drugs and not smoked marijuana during your college careers or your lives. The great thing about America is that you have freedom of choice and speech. You have voiced your displeasure, now express your choice. Stay home from the graduation, continue to sin as you do and be the hypocrits you are

DTS of MD 10:47PM May 15, 2009

Can commentators at least get the university's name correct? It's the "University of Notre Dame," NOT "Notre Dame University."
As a graduate of ND and a Catholic, I applaud the decision to invite and honor President Obama, and have let ND president Fr. Jenkins know as much.

Michele of IN 9:19AM May 01, 2009

One does not need to be a Catholic graduate of ND, such as myself, to understand how politically correct Notre Dame has become. Here and there the administration has surrendered reasoned and timeless standards to the delight of the abnormal and those in awe of the secular universe of higher education…… Ivy League style.
At the baccalaureate level ND was once the best of the best because it unified strong academics with sound moral and social standards demanded of all students who were selected to study there. A Notre Dame education, in addition to rigid secular instruction preparing one for life’s work, provided and reinforced humanitarian values and ideals that were geared to strengthen social stability and to buttressed the chance for personal happiness. This was unlike Harvard, Yale, or any other school in the U.S. The result was a comprehensive educational platform second to none.
True many people are pro life and are aghast at the choice of an abortionist for this honor. However, many graduates against the Obama honorarium are doing so because Mr. Obama has really done nothing in his life to warrant this high honor . Moreover, this choice is clearly divisive in every sense of the word.

Bob VonHoene of NC 1:23PM April 26, 2009

You you need to get a bigger picture of God. You don't know anything about what your talking about. You need to pull your head out of your vagina.

Get it out of there of KY 6:34PM April 25, 2009

Hey genius, unless I missed it, we are still currently at war under Obama's presidency, and it sure doesn't seem to be ending any time soon. Your Messiah is a liar, and if you had paid any attention to the man's actions instead of sucking his dick along with the rest of the liberal media, you would have seen this coming. Looks like Life lost on both ends of this campaign.

Suck it, Jon of IN 12:42PM April 15, 2009

Everyone is entitled to their opinion and if it that they do not htink Obama should be invited to speak, leave it alone. Unfortunately, if someone takes the opposite side of Obama, they are attacked.
Those that attqack are the hippocrites.

Mike of IL 5:11PM April 14, 2009

Would one of you "pro-lifers" please explain what the republican "wars" have done to life and humanity. So, do you vote for a candidate who does not oppose changing the law of the United States, or do you vote for a candidate who wants to continue the killing of war. You supposed pro-lifers need to get a bigger picture of the world and pull your head out of your asses!

Jon of PA 10:45PM April 09, 2009